Tag: summer of refinement

Grasping at Straws

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02042012AJCI’m working my way up to having scanned all of my drawings.  In July I scanned almost 10 months of Daily Drawings and this weekend I scanned another month Daily Drawings. Today I got up and scanned another 14 Daily Drawings.  It has gotten me up to Valentine’s Day 2012.

That still leaves me a year and a half behind on scanning.  But I’m getting there.  It’s going to be a long process.  But I’ve been drawing more lately, and it makes me want to scan in more so that I can start my Daily Drawing uploads each evening.

Anyways… I’ve spent more time this last week reading, drawing and putting in ‘relaxing time’ into my day; including actually taking a lunch break at work.  It’s done wonders for me.  I forgot how much I loved reading a good book.  I forgot how much I loved drawing on a daily basis, like actually drawing… spending time on it instead a quick drawing.

It’s been good.  Next I’ll get back into biking.  Its been about two weeks since I biked.  Between wet weather, having to wear glasses (for 4 days before LASIK consultation) and general long work hours I haven’t gotten out for a ride in a while.  But I’ll get back on it this week.

So yes… I’m doing things I need to in order to be relaxed and happy.  Getting caught up on drawings, getting into a good routine with built in relaxing activities, staying in shape, and keeping the apartment clean (I threw the last one in as a far reaching goal).

That’s not grasping at straws is it?  I mean its really just an extension of my summer goals.  I’m still working on it.  Prioritizing and all.  And it’s working pretty well I think.

 

Summer of Refinement

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08272010AJCI made last summer the “Summer of Self.”

Basically I the goal was to read books, draw, get my finances in order, and get in better shape.

On the read books goal, well I’ve read a few books over the last year, but sadly not as frequently or in whole as I wanted.  I more or less end up reading half a book, stop at a natural break in the story, and end up picking up another book a few weeks later.  So I’m reading (and I read the news and various comic books daily).  So I’m a nerd more than a literary fiend.  It is ok.

Drawing – I’m about a month behind in drawings, which, all things considered, is pretty good.  At one point I was 100 drawings behind.  I’m slowly catching up.  We’ll put this one in the “ongoing progress” category.

Get Finances in Order.  Well I have no credit card debt, but do still pay student loans and have a car payment.  But those are manageable.  Getting rid of credit card debt was huge.  Its been a goal for years.  So that’s a check in the done category.

Getting in Better Shape.  Well, January 2012 I weighed almost 200 pounds.  Which is nuts for my frame and who I am.  Today I weighed in at 170.5.  Not bad.  I weighed 185 in July 2012 and 170 by the middle of October 2012.  Which is when my regular biking ended.  So the fact that I’ve maintained 170 (ish) since then is really good.  I’m back to biking regularly and my goal is to get to 160 and maintain there.  So I’ll put a check in the done category (being that exercise is a routine as opposed to a rarity now) with some more refinement to be done.

I think I did pretty good with my goals.  I’ll have to keep working on them as I figure out some new ones for this summer.